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communication other than pony express, and the ride entailed a round trip of 560 miles which the messenger accomplished in six days. This, however, took too much valuable time, as the wicked and unjustiiiat~le deed had been committed before anything could he done. Thomas's family have always been deeply grateful that he was not part of that dreadful and unfortunate affair.' His descendants shall ever have reason to he proud of the earnest part he took in attempting to prevent the Indian outbreak that resulted in the historic Mountain Meadows massacre.' John D. Lee used to stay with the Joneses when passing through Cedar City and to them he was a very fine man. Also, Brigham Young thouxht highly of him. One had to know the setting of the Mountain Meadow Massacre to understand it. At that time there was no law in this area except the church law. The country was more or less imaded hy outsiders, sometin~es travelers passing through were even outlaws. the Haight, a resident of Cedar City, had seen his own parents shot hy Missouri people at the Haun's Mill incident. People don't forget these things. When the Mormons came to this outpost they were on their own and it was necessary that they be tough in order to survive. The Fancher party had caused troul~le the way through the state. They were well all outfitted with the heat clothing, wagons and animals that money could Imy. and they were extremdv rocky. T h e Indians were ready for a fight and didn't take much encouraxement to join the group that participated in the deed. Some felt there was really no one to blame, but John D. Lee was executed hecause of his involvment. Some of the children of this party were raised by families in Cedar City and some were later taken to relatives.' Nevertheless, the incident definitely put a hlight on Cedar City and thc surrounding area which took a long time to forget, or at least overcome. Some of the settlers even moved away because of it.'
'Milton R. Hunter. " ~ i s t n r y Utah." or ? Illid. ' Hcnry I.unt Diary. ' . S n i t Lake Tribuna, Jan. 3, 1910 H i s t o r i c a l Society 'Kornrn Jones Journal. 'J. Cecil Alter, "Utah, the atorird domain.' 'Will Joner, 'Taped. ' S a l t Lake T r i b u n e , 1910.

communication other than pony express, and the ride entailed a round trip of 560 miles which the messenger accomplished in six days. This, however, took too much valuable time, as the wicked and unjustiiiat~le deed had been committed before anything could he done. Thomas's family have always been deeply grateful that he was not part of that dreadful and unfortunate affair.' His descendants shall ever have reason to he proud of the earnest part he took in attempting to prevent the Indian outbreak that resulted in the historic Mountain Meadows massacre.' John D. Lee used to stay with the Joneses when passing through Cedar City and to them he was a very fine man. Also, Brigham Young thouxht highly of him. One had to know the setting of the Mountain Meadow Massacre to understand it. At that time there was no law in this area except the church law. The country was more or less imaded hy outsiders, sometin~es travelers passing through were even outlaws. the Haight, a resident of Cedar City, had seen his own parents shot hy Missouri people at the Haun's Mill incident. People don't forget these things. When the Mormons came to this outpost they were on their own and it was necessary that they be tough in order to survive. The Fancher party had caused troul~le the way through the state. They were well all outfitted with the heat clothing, wagons and animals that money could Imy. and they were extremdv rocky. T h e Indians were ready for a fight and didn't take much encouraxement to join the group that participated in the deed. Some felt there was really no one to blame, but John D. Lee was executed hecause of his involvment. Some of the children of this party were raised by families in Cedar City and some were later taken to relatives.' Nevertheless, the incident definitely put a hlight on Cedar City and thc surrounding area which took a long time to forget, or at least overcome. Some of the settlers even moved away because of it.'
'Milton R. Hunter. " ~ i s t n r y Utah." or ? Illid. ' Hcnry I.unt Diary. ' . S n i t Lake Tribuna, Jan. 3, 1910 H i s t o r i c a l Society 'Kornrn Jones Journal. 'J. Cecil Alter, "Utah, the atorird domain.' 'Will Joner, 'Taped. ' S a l t Lake T r i b u n e , 1910.